Martin (Monty) Taplin, 46, of Pemaquid, died unexpectedly at his home on July 31.

Melvin C. Lewis, M/Sgt. USAF, Retired, 84, of Dresden, died on Aug. 14 in Brunswick.

Gaylord Steven Jinno, passed away July 31 at his home on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Louise Erickson Ulbrich, 70, of Warren, died peacefully at home on July 21 surrounded by her family and grandchildren.

Robert Van Waes, 86, died after a long illness on July 12 in Scottsdale, Ariz., where he made his home since 2007, moving with his wife, Barbara, from New Harbor.

Memorial service for Harry Hopewell, of Fort Myers, Fla. and Vinalhaven, who passed away May 19, 11 a.m., Sat., Aug. 21 at Second Congregational Church, Newcastle, with a reception to follow. Burial service held May 29 on Vinalhaven.

Louisa Soule, 91, of Wiscasset, passed away July 31 surrounded by her family.

Dorothy (Onischuk) Stacy, 87, of Gardner, Mass., died peacefully July 2 in Legend Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Gardner, Mass., after a brief illness.

Jeffrey D. Delano, 53, of Dresden, passed away on July 8 surrounded by his loving wife and daughter after a courageous, seven year long battle with cancer.

Alexander “Sandy” Smith, 62, of Union, passed away peacefully July 18 after a brave and heroic fight with cancer.

Perley H. Bousquet, 92, of Waldoboro, died July 6 surrounded by his family at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta.

Leonard Sherman Prior, 80, of Bristol Mills, passed away July 13 at Cove’s Edge in Damariscotta.

Doris Ella Boynton, 92, of Whitefield, passed away July 7 at Maine General Hospital in Augusta.

Ericka L. Smith, 22, of Newcastle and Somerville, passed away peacefully July 15 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough, surrounded by the people she loved.